| From: Thomas M. | 8/4/2024 9:06:41 AM | | | | | | Facial authentication rolling out at all NFL stadiums
Biometric credentialing aims to clamp down on fake credentials
biometricupdate.com
If last year’s Express Entry facial authentication pilot at select NFL venues was a field goal for Wicket, the biometrics provider has now scored a touchdown, as the league prepares to roll out Wicket’s face biometrics system for digital credentialing across all 30 NFL stadiums, starting with preseason games on August 8.
In a LinkedIn post, Wicket CEO Jeff Boehm announced the expansion, saying “all 32 teams (starting with the New England Patriots!) will be using Wicket to streamline and secure the credentialing program.” Boehm says the Boston firm’s facial recognition authentication system will “ensure that properly credentialed media, officials, staff and guests can easily and safely access restricted areas, including the playing field, press box or locker rooms.”
The selfie-based face biometrics system runs in tandem with accreditation software from Accredit Solutions, which checks credentials at security checkpoints for complete identity access management (IAM). Users with registered credential badges can have them scanned and compared against a real-time selfie taken at the security checkpoint, triggering a green signal for go, or a red signal prohibiting access. It also includes a phone-based system that is available to navigate possible glitches.
An update from StadiumTechReport notes some uncertainty about how the Wicket system will operate internally at stadiums. “Early versions of Wicket systems have simply used Apple iPads mounted on poles to provide a place for facial recognition via the iPad cameras,” says the update. “Recently, entry technology companies including Axess have been busy integrating Wicket software into their entry hardware, so it’s possible that teams could end up using that method to host the Wicket system.”
For the league, the system brings additional security and protection against fake credentials, which Andrea Schultz, the NFL’s director of strategic security programs, says are a growing problem. The explosion in online sports betting apps has contributed to the problem, as officials try and stamp out efforts to cheat – or steal money in order to cover gambling debts.
Tom |
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| To: Bonefish who wrote (79923) | 8/4/2024 12:01:27 PM | | From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell | | | | I don't think I'd call it a coaching breakdown. Bol is superhuman. I knew she was going to win it unless the US was much further ahead. Our anchor leg split better than she did when we set the world record in the semis. Our third runner was a half-second slower. That's where we lost it. Typically, you split way faster in the finals where it matters. Had we done that, we win easily.
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| To: Bonefish who wrote (79923) | 8/4/2024 1:34:09 PM | | From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell | | | | We lost the 4x100m men's medley relay (swimming) for the first time ever (since 1960) a few seconds ago. The anchor for China is the world record holder in the 100 free, and swam the fastest anchor in history. That's how relays are often won (for better or worse).
For the 4x400 (track) race, when my son ran it in HS, all four kids could go sub 50. That's unheard of in high school. But-- it wasn't good enough to set our school record because the anchor of our record setting team was, no surprise, the 400m school record holder who lopped off entire seconds by himself.
Now, it's the women's turn!
Edit: The women win gold in world record time! Crazy.
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| To: Bonefish who wrote (79923) | 8/4/2024 3:28:03 PM | | From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell | | | | I think I've said many a time that one of my (many) hobbies is calling (and producing) the livestreams of HS track meets. I had the pleasure of calling Juliette Whittaker's national HS record indoor 1000m run at the Ocean Breeze facility on Staten Island. Juliette just ran 1:57.76 in the semis of the 800, a personal best. That's unreal. She got boxed in and could have run faster, IMO. Not a medal contention time, but so happy for her to make the finals. If you watched the trials, you'd have seen the best in the word and defending gold medalist, the US's Athing Mu (who I met as a shy teenager years ago), fall... so she's absent. Keely Hodgkinson of GB will win it.
The men's 1500 is the race to watch. I'm a big Josh Kerr fan of GB over Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway... but I also love Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse for the US. Kessler just shocked me with how well he did. In the finals, I expect Nuguse to continue his strategy of heading for the front and leading everyone around. At some point Ingebrigtsen will pass him with Kerr on his heels... then Kerr will outkick him to gold. That's his M.O. Nuguse will hang on for third.
BTW, I don't like the way Noah Lyles has been starting his 100s. I said the same about Sha'Carri, who never recovered. Good starts are hard to overcome. Seville looked amazing, so has to be the favorite. I think Lyles will (also) take second with Thompson third. I hope not. I hope Noah brings it.
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